Outgoing mail is email that originates from IP addresses included in the
list of Inside Addresses. Outgoing mail is differentiated
from incoming mail so you can establish different processing policies
for incoming and outgoing mail. Use the Configuration General
panel to specify Inside Addresses.
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You have several levels of control to prevent the spread of virus-infected email.
Depending on your processing policy, established by the options settings, Norton AntiVirus can do the following:
<UL>
<LI>Refuse the email entirely.
<LI>Strip offending attachments from the email and continue delivery. The attachment
is replaced by a text notification to the recipient within the email.
<LI>Repair virus-infected attachments and continue delivery.
</UL>
Specified administrators receive email alerts if Enable Alerting is checked in
the Configuration Alerts panel. Originators of refused and virus-infected email
are sent email alerts if Inform Sender Of Infected Or Refused Attachment is
checked.
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If you change options in a panel, click Save at the bottom of the panel. When
changes are completed for all panels, click Reload at the bottom of
any options panel to reset the Scan Server with all of the new settings.
<HR><FONT SIZE=+2 COLOR="#0000FF">Establishing an email processing policy</FONT><BR>
Options for email processing are divided into three groups:
<UL>
<LI><STRONG>Global Settings:</STRONG> These settings apply to all processing. Because they are the highest level of action, they take precedence over any other processing step.
<LI><STRONG>Refuse Settings For Attachments:</STRONG> The first threshold that must be crossed when an email is processed. If an attachment is refused, scan options do not apply.
<LI><STRONG>Scan Settings For Non-Refused Attachments:</STRONG> If the entire email is not withheld because of the global withhold setting, and the attachment is not refused because of the refuse setting, it is scanned for viruses according to the scan policy.
<DT><IMG SRC="H_CHKYES.GIF"> <STRONG>Process <EM>n</EM> Levels Deep In Email</STRONG>
<DD>Check this option so files within containers (such as zipped
files) are scanned for viruses as well. If this option is not checked, processing is
speeded up, but compressed files are not scanned. Because a
compressed file may contain other compressed files, you can also
specify how many levels deep to scan.
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<DT><IMG SRC="H_CHKYES.GIF"> <STRONG>Withhold Entire Email On Infected Or Refused Attachment</STRONG>
<DD>If an attachment is refused according to the Refuse settings, or a virus is detected according to the scan settings, the entire email is withheld from delivery and sent to the Quarantine instead.
The sender is always notified by email alert that an entire email was not accepted.
<DT><IMG SRC="H_CHKNO.GIF"> <STRONG>Inform Sender Of Infected Or Refused Attachment</STRONG>
<DD>Check if you want an email alert sent to the originator of
the message. If it cannot be delivered, the alert is sent
to the Quarantine instead.
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<HR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="#0000FF">Refuse Settings for Attachments</FONT>
<DL>
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTNO.GIF"> <STRONG>Refuse All Attachments</STRONG>
<DD>Prevents any attachment from being delivered. Only the
text portion of the email is delivered.
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTYES.GIF"> <STRONG>Don't Refuse Any Attachments</STRONG>
<DD>Attachments are processed according to the scan policy.
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTNO.GIF"> <STRONG>Refuse Some Attachments</STRONG>
<DD>Use to exclude particular types
of attachments. Check the options to identify which attachments
to refuse.
<DD><IMG SRC="H_CHKNO.GIF"> <EM>Refuse Java Attachments:</EM> Attachments are first scanned by content to determine if they are Java files. Changing a Java file extension does not let it slip through.
<DD><IMG SRC="H_CHKNO.GIF"> <EM>Refuse Attachments With These Extensions:</EM> List
the specific extensions separated by commas for attachments you do not
want delivered. You can use a question mark (?) to represent single wildcard characters (for
example, EXE,COM,OV?).
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<HR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="#0000FF">Scan Settings for Non-refused Attachments</FONT>
<DL>
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTYES.GIF"> <STRONG>Scan All Attachments</STRONG>
<DD>Scan incoming mail attachments for viruses.
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTNO.GIF"> <STRONG>Don't Scan Any Attachments</STRONG>
<DD>Pass through all incoming mail without scanning for viruses.
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTNO.GIF"> <STRONG>Scan Attachments With The Following Extensions Only</STRONG>
<DD>To minimize resource demand while maintaining protection, list
specific extensions of attachments likely to contain viruses,
separated by commas. Because files are considered by name
and not by content with this policy, an executable file (such as
an EXE file) that has been renamed to something else will not be scanned.
<DD>List the extensions, separated by commas. You can use a question mark (?) to represent single wildcard characters (for example, EXE,COM,DOC,DOT,XL?).
<DT><IMG SRC="H_OPTNO.GIF"> <STRONG>Scan All Attachments Except The Following</STRONG>
<DD>Exclude particular attachments not likely to contain viruses
to maximize efficiency. List the extensions separated by commas.
You can use a question mark (?) to represent single wildcard characters (for example,
GIF,HTM,JP?).
<DT><IMG SRC="H_REPAIR.GIF"> <STRONG>Repair or Strip Infected Attachments</STRONG>
<DD>Choose an action to treat virus-infected email attachments.
<DD><EM>Repair:</EM> Norton AntiVirus eliminates the virus
automatically, then delivers the email.
<DD><EM>Strip:</EM> The infected attachment is removed and replaced
with a text note. The original email is stored in the Quarantine.
